Jack A. Goldstone is an American sociologist and political scientist, specializing in studies of social movements, revolution

Revolution

A revolution is a fundamental change in power or organizational structures that takes place in a relatively short period of time.Aristotle described two types of political revolution:...

s, and international politics. According to Peter Turchin

Peter Turchin

Peter Turchin is a Russian-American scientist, specializing in population biology and "cliodynamics" — mathematical modeling and statistical analysis of the dynamics of historical societies.- Biography :...

 (Historical dynamics. Princeton: PUP, 2003), he made a significant contribution to the development of cliodynamics

Cliodynamics

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. He is an author or editor of 9 books and nearly 100 research articles.

He is currently a professor in the School of Public Policy

George Mason University School of Public Policy

The School of Public Policy is a school at George Mason University.- Overview :The School of Public Policy is claimed to be the leading university-based public policy institution in the Washington, D.C., metro area...

 at George Mason University

George Mason University

George Mason University is a public university based in unincorporated Fairfax County, Virginia, United States, south of and adjacent to the city of Fairfax. Additional campuses are located nearby in Arlington County, Prince William County, and Loudoun County...

. He has also worked as a consultant

Consultant

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 of the US government, for example, serving as chair of the National Research Council

National Research Council

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's evaluation of USAID Democracy Assistance

Democracy promotion

Democracy promotion, which can also be referred to as democracy assistance, or democracy building, is a strand of foreign policy adopted by governments and international organizations that seek to support the spread of democracy as a political system around the world.-Introduction:The precise...

Programs.

Publications

Selected publiations:

• Revolution and Rebellion in the Early Modern World (1991)
• Revolutions of the Late Twentieth Century (1991)
• Silence and Voice in Contentious Politics (2001)
• Why Europe? The Rise of the West in World History 1500-1850 (2008)

External links

• Responses to Tilly's "Predictions"
• Review of Goldstone's Revolution and Rebellion in the Early Modern World, Journal of Social History, Summer, 1993 by Michael Richards
• JACK GOLDSTONE: “CONTAINING TEHRAN”
• Jack Goldstone’s Model and the English Civil War by Brandon W Duke
• The Revolution Over the Revolution by Lawrence Stone
• Who's Counting By JACK A. GOLDSTONE
• Whose Measure of Reality?